Ko Ngati Tuwharetoa te iwi Ko Joseph toku papa Ko Monique toku mama Ko Oriwia taku tuahine Ko Heretaunga toku kainga Ko Riverslea toku kura Ko Hohepa taku ingoa No reira tena koutou tena koutou tena koutou katoa.
My Goals 2016
Feb
Mar/Updated in May
Term 3 -25 July
June/July
June and July were also busy months with 2 weeks holiday in July for the end of Term 2. We are all still making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry. Some students have gone up several levels in Reading and they, and others, moved up stages in Maths and Writing as well. In Inquiry we are learning about the Olympic Games in Rio in Term 3. We loved our Inquiry about Flight and learnt a lot. We always have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings. We have fun finding out the information. As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky. We also have Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings. We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday. We just had a Duffy Theatre performance about Time Travel and got our Duffy books for the Term. It was great fun. We also had lots of learning with our class buddies and our school buddies too. We had Irene Van Dyke a famous NZ Netballer come to speak to us. She was very tall (6ft 3 inches). She gave us all a bag from Netball Hawkes Bay and some balls for our PE gear. Paora came from the Council to help us set up a new worm garden. We got to hold the worms. They were slimy. We also had Todd and Nathan from the Army come and teach us how to march and do push ups. We are Miharo too.We are awesome
Working with my school buddy JR. Working in class.
Worm Garden.Duffy Theatre actors
Marching with Nathan from the Army.
We have been doing lots of things at school. I have gone up another level in Reading (Level 15) and I am going on Level 16 next week. I still love Reading and Spelling and I still always get my words right every week. I am really good at Maths now too.I am on Stage 5. I didn't like the worms much.We got to hold them. The Duffy Theatre was really cool. I liked marching with Nathan from the Army and doing the press ups too. (Hohepa)
Hohepa has been making very good progress in Reading, Writing and Maths. He is trying harder with his behaviour in class and is settled a lot of the time.. He enjoys mixing with the other students in the class. He also joins in all activities inside and outside the classroom. Hohepa is a fast runner and good at sports. Next we want to further extend his Reading progress(Expected Level 15.) Our goal is to get to National Standard level (Level 17) by the end of T3. Also to consolidate and extend his written language including language features.He is working at National Standard and is beginning to use expression, feelings and language features. In Maths to reach Stage 5 by the end of the year. He has completed Stage 4 and is at some aspects of Stage 5 now. (Mrs B)
April/May
We are all making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry too. In Inquiry we are learning about Flight and how it effects people, animals and insects. We have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings. They are up on our Inquiry wall for everyone to keep looking at and thinking about. As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games. This Term we are learning about Resilience (Taikaha) with Matua Rocky and Whaea Cass. We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins. We are learning lots of waiata. We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday. Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each still. They help sponser our Duffy books. We had a Role Model Assembly and got our Duffy books for the Term. We also had a visit from Harold and the Life Education Truck with Whaea Anne. We all like Harold. We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Kick boxing with Matua Torp. Learning to write words on the mat.
Reading my story out to the School Assembly. Learning Time on the ipads.
Life Education truck. Kapa Haka.
We do lots of learning at school. I have gone up another level in Reading and I am going on Level 14 on Monday. I like Reading and Spelling. I always get my words right every week. I getting really good at Reading now too. I am one of the best in the class at Maths.We have been learning about Time. My buddy in class is Rongo. He is my friend. My school buddy is JR. I liked it when Harold came in the big truck and when I did kick boxing with Matua Torp.( Hohepa)
I have still been really encouraging Hohepa in Reading and he is making very good progress. He is at the reading level he needs to be at for his age. He is also making very good progress in Writing and Maths. He is imaging in Maths and trying most his own spelling independently in writing We will continue to extend this progress in all areas. His Mum gives him lots of support with his learning. (Mrs B)
March
We had an amazing March. Lots of learning and exciting activities. We even re-wrote our Goals as many students had already achieved them in one month. We continued with Getting Started ( Fitness /coordination programme), Kiwi Can (social skills & games), Patu(Maori fitness & sports programme) Grandparent’s reading(Rotary),Kapa Haka(Junior & Senior) and even found time to have a Dress up day as Heroes or Heroines. The students in Room 1 are loving learning and making great progress. We are Miharo.We rock. We show Aroha, Kaha and Mana.
Jump Jam for Fitness. Dress Up Day
Looking at our Buddy when we talk. Kapa Haka
.Getting a Free Pita Pat for lunch.Getting Started.
We do lots of things in Room 1. I have gone up 2 levels in Reading and I am on Level 12 now. I liked getting a free Pita pat for showing Aroha Kaha and Mana in Room 1. I am really good at Maths too. Me and Te Orihana are the best in the class. Sometimes we buddy with other kids and help them if they want us to. I like writing stories now. I can write 3 sentences now. Its fun at Getting Started too. (Hohepa)
I have been really encouraging Hohepa in Reading and he has made some very good progress since the beginning of the year in fluency, word solving and some other reading skills. He is also making very good progress in Writing and Maths. He is very quick to pick up new concepts in Maths. We will continue to work on extending his Maths and progressing his Writing and Reading too at a faster level. (Mrs B)
February
February 2016. What a fabulous start to 2016. Room 1, (Miharo-because we are awesome), started learning straight away. No-one had forgotten their Reading and all came back to school at the same level. Two groups have moved up to the next level in just 3 weeks. We are all awesome at Maths and Story-writing and Inquiry too. In Inquiry we are learning about, “What Fairy Tales can teach us. "We love learning about all the stories and doing some of them with finger puppets. We are retelling them to our buddies or the class. We even did a play to the rest of the school with the finger puppets on Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, as well as a wall story. On Tuesdays we have Matua Jackson from Patu come and visit us. He takes us for Fitness and games for 40 minutes. We also have Getting Started again with Whaea Toni for ½ hour every Wed afternoon and Fri morning for ½ hour. We learn co-ordination and fitness. We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins. On Wednesday morning we have Kiwi Can with Whaea Adele and Matua Rocky for ½ hour. We learn about Respect for ourselves, others and property. We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday. Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each. They help sponser our Duffy books. We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Patu (Fitness) with Matua Jackson. Kiwi Can with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky(Hungry Hippo)
Getting Started with Whaea Toni. Hohepa as a monster (with 3 eyes).
Our Inquiry on Fairy Tales.
We are doing lots of activities this year. I like playing soccer with Matua Jackson. I got a goal last time. It was really hot outside. I think my mask is scary. I am a monster with 3 eyes. We wrote stories about them. I can write 3 sentences now. I am Reading at Level 11 now. I did the Father Bear picture on our wall story about Goldilocks and the 3 Bears.(Hohepa)
A small class is helping the learning in Reading Maths and Writing as the students are making excellent progress. We started Reading on the 2nd day of Term 1 and already Hohepa has gone up to a new level. He is reading at his age level in Spelling and is above in Maths. (Mrs B)
2015
My Goals 2015
1.Learn to read books up to Level 12. 2.Learn to write my own words in stories. 3. Learn to count up to 100 in Maths.
Nov/Dec
Inquiry, ICT Visitors and Visiting.
A busy couple of months with lots of action and learning in Room 1. The Firemen visited us to teach us about fire safety. We know to get down, get low, get out fast. We also learnt lots when the Mobile Learning Centre came to Riverslea School. We used Robots,3D google cardboard,3D printers and ipads and apple computers.It was fun, we learnt lots and all had turns at using everything. We have been finding out all sorts of interesting things about space and the Solar system and planets in our Inquiry T4.We visited the Planetarium as well. The Hakinakina Athletics and Tabloids were fun. We also had a swim there. We had some fun end of year activities too like visiting and playing at the new playground at Windsor park. We also had a Wet and Wild fun day. We loved our Xmas glasses, our Secret Santas and all the candy canes and chocolate Santas we kept getting. Lots of us achieved our goals in learning. 2015 was a great year. Miharo is awesome. Merry Xmas everyone.
Swimming at Hakinakina Sports. Mobile learning with robots and coding.
Wet and Wild fun at school. Playing on the new playground at Windsor Park.
I liked making the robot move on the ipad.
We had fun at the playground and the Hakinakina sports too.
I am really good at Maths I am at Stage 4 and can do addition and subtraction.
I have gone up from Level 3 to Level 10. I am getting good at Reading too now.
I can write 2 sentences but need to learn to write more words and get good at stories too.
(Hohepa)
October
Trips learning and fun.
We have had lots of learning and fun in Room 1 again this month. We have still been learning lots with our buddies and enjoying using the ipads for learning new things. We have learnt about Augumented Reality . That is when the pictures we look at with the ipad stand out and move. I like the alphabet animals and the dinosaurs They are cool. We have been involved in Nga Toi. We are making panels to put on the bike container. We showed our wheku masks at Assembly. Everyone liked them. We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ‘The Solar System’. We are learning lots of things about space and planets. It is really interesting. We are still making great progress in Reading, Writing and Maths. Some of us have gone up 12 levels in Reading this year already. Mr Twinn came to visit us again the other day. He showed us lots of photos of his trip to Scotland and England. We liked the castles and big mountain that he climbed (Ben Nevis) best of all. Our two trips were awesome. Look at the photos on our wikis and the school Facebook. The Omnigym was great .We learnt how to do lots of activities and use lots of equipment like bars, mats, benches, tramps, ropes and beams. We all loved the Fun trip to the Skatepark. We had fun on scooters and skateboards and on the playground. Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
Mr Twinn visited us. I got a certificate for 3rd in the Hakinakina Cross Country
Nga Toi for the Bike panel. Augumented Reality on the ipads
Skatepark
I loved the skatepark and making the dinosaurs on the ipad best.(Hohepa)
The children continued to learn both in books and on the ipads. They were involved in making art panels for the Bike shed in Nga Toi. They also started Jump Jam for Fitness every morning as a whole school. The trip to the Omnigym and Skatepark helped reinforce physical activity skills and fun (Mrs B)
September
Lots to learn and do.
In September we have still been learning and having fun in Room 1. We enjoy using the ipads for learning new things especially on SkoolBo. Hemara got a trophy, for the school, from them for getting 10,000 points. PMP is nearly finished. We have learnt lots of new activities and skills. We have finished our Inquiry “All About Me,” on ourselves and our whanau and friends and our healthy bodies. We know lots of things about our Inquiry now. We got some great results for reading and writing and Maths this term and have made some excellent progress in those areas. The best fun was the Hakinakina Cross country. We got 1st (Van) 2nd (Boyden) and 3rd (Hemara) in the Year 2 boys and 2nd (Hohepa) in the Year 1 Boys. The girls ran well too. The Duffy Role Model Assembly was great with Rob Mokoraka. We also got our Duffy books which were fabulous. Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
The Hakinakina Cross Country and PMP playing Dodge ball.
Learning 'All About Me', in our Inquiry. Learning Literacy and Numeracy on Skoolbo on the ipad.
I am learning lots on the ipads.I loved PMP and running. I liked getting my Duffy books too. I am reading harder books now at Level 7. I liked the Cross Country best. I got 2nd in the Year 1 boys at Hakinakina Sports. (Hohepa)
I like all the things that the students get involved in. Was very proud of the tamariki at the Hakinakina sports. PMP has stopped because of the price. I am going to hook into some training so that next year I can present the programme independently. ipad app learning is going well. I introduce an app and then let the students try it out themselves. Often they can come back 15 minutes later and show me something that I did not know. Hohepa is at Level 7 in Reading now. He is making steady progress now that his behaviour is more settled most of the time. Mum is listening to him read at home too and comments on his reading sometimes in his notebook. Hohepa can write 2 sentences independently but needs to be kept on task. He is at Stage 3 in Maths.(Mrs B)
July/August
Visitors and learning
July and August have been great months for learning and fun in Room 1. We have been learning lots with our buddies and enjoying using the ipads for learning new things as well as fun activities like PMP. We had a Sports day with the Hastings City Council and leaders came such as Henare OKeefe (Duffy Books)and Paddy Stafford (Tamatea Rugby Club) as well as a policewoman and other helpers. They cooked us a sausage sizzle for lunch and we played lots of great games too. Paddy also donated some Rugby balls for us to use. We have been involved in Nga Toi. We loved making our wheku masks. They look cool and scary. We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ourselves and our whanau and friends and our healthy bodies this term. Hearty from the Heart foundation came to visit our school and ran around the track with the children. We were lucky as Mrs Donaldson and her daughter Michelle raised money for new sports equipment for the Junior school. We love all the new gear. We are becoming amazing at reading and writing and Maths this term and have made some great progress in that area. Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
Learning on the ipads. Sports day with Henare OKeefe Hearty running with us. My scary wheku mask.
I like playing with the new sports gear.
I liked the Sports day. We had lots of fun and played lots of games. Hearty was cool too. My mask is scary. I put lots of colours on it. I like is learning reading, writing and Maths on the ipads. I am good on Skoolbo. I like playing cricket with the new sports gear. (Hohepa)
We had lots of fun activities again in July and August. I spent these months supporting the children in all the activities such as sports days and Hearty's visit. We had lots of fun making wheku masks. They looked amazing. The children wrote stories about them and put them up on the wall. The tamariki are learning a lot on the ipads to help their progress in reading, writing and Maths. (Mrs Bennett)
June
Lots of fun connections and activities.
June was another amazing month in Room 1 (Miharo) We watched the Bike container being shifted by a huge crane. We are going to put Art (Nga Toi) all over it and make it a feature of our school. We were involved in the Preschool opening. Room 1 helped make pizzas for the kai and sung waiata after the speeches. We had the Duffy Theatre visit and got our Duffy books. We learnt Te Reo Kori with Sport HB and went in a school Te Reo Kori tournament. We went in a Hakinakina Rippa Rugby tournament with other schools. We won lots of games. We Skyped Mr Twinn at his Dad’s place in Scotland. We all asked him questions and showed him pictures. He sent us photos too. It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ. June was another awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
At the Preschool Opening.We sang Tutira Mai. The Duffy Theatre was cool. I liked making 'Not Perfect' Hats. We skyped Mr Twinn in Scotland. I showed him the picture I drew of him.
I liked the Duffy Theatre. They made us laugh.I got to help the actors. I put a magic spell on everyone. I liked Skyping Mr Twinn.He showed us outside his house in Scotland. I showed him the picture I drew of him. (Hohepa)
We had lots of fun activities this month.I spent the month supporting the children in all the activities and helping organise many of them such as kai for the preschool opening(Our class made pizzas), The Duffy Theatre,The Hakinakina Rippa Rugby between 4 other schools and Skyping Mr Twinn (our ex Student Teacher) in Scotland (Mrs Bennett)
May
May saw Mr Twinn, Student Teacher and Matua Torp as part of Room 1. We had lots of adventures and learning. We were involved in lots of fun things. We shared some of our experiences through ,Write about it and Book Creator ipad apps. Some of those connections, which is what our Inquiry is about this term, were our trip to Mr McFarlane’s farm where we saw sheep, cows ,bulls and a helicopter. Seeing Whaea Anne and Harold the giraffe in the Life Education truck taught us about not bullying and being nice to others. We had an artist Matua Brandon Blair who came to school to talk about that and get us to draw posters too. We learnt about and practised using our WITS (Walk away, Ignore, Tell someone eg a teacher and make a Statement eg ‘Stop it ,I don’t like it.”) from Mrs Bennett. Some students made connections with Matua Manu and did Nga Toi, making kowhaiwhai patterns on rocks. We made other connections with the Preschool, Mrs Donaldson, the librarian, our whanau, Mr Twinn, Matua Torp, our buddies from other classes eg Buddy reading and sharing in oral language in R1, and Greg Murphy a formula 1 racing car driver (Whaea Monique-student teacher in R2s husband), who came to school to speak to us and show us all his racing gear. Hohepa tried on his $5,000 helmet. We also had a school party to say goodbye to Mr Twinn and Whaea Monique who had been student teachers at our school for 7 weeks. It was sad to see them go.We hope they come back and visit us. One of our biggest connections was using Skype. We connected to Mr Twinn’s Dad in Scotland. It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ. He showed us the model planes that he flies and that we had seen on videos on youtube. He also showed us a picture of Mr Twinn as a little boy. We showed him the planes that we had made and sung him our new Riverslea song andTutira Mai Nga Iwi. We liked it when the circus came to visit us too. The performers could do all sorts of tricks. May was an awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
Farm visit, ipads and connections
Making connections with Mr MacFarlane at the farm. Watching the circus at our school.
In the Life Education truck with Whaea Anne learning about being nice to others and not bullying. Also making connections with Mr Twinn's Dad on Skype and showing him our planes.
Making Book marks for Mother's Day. Getting to try Greg Murphy, the Racing car driver's $5,000 helmet on
Writing about the Skatepark and the Farm on Book Creator.Using Write about it app on the ipad
We had fun doing lots of things. I liked the trip to the Farm. I liked all the animals that we saw there.. Matua Torp let me go in his flash red car. I am getting good on the ipads now. I am also getting good at reading. I am at Level 4 now. I have gone up in Maths and can write 3 sentences and try and spell words by myself. I'm getting good at adding in Maths. I liked the circus and I liked trying on Greg Murphy's racing car helmet. (Hohepa)
Hohepa is starting to progress steadily in reading now. He is learning new words and skills and is showing an interest in his reading. He has started an Early words programme with Jan ( Teacher aide) to help build up his word knowledge for reading and writing. He has gone up to stage 2 in Maths and is developing independence in storywriting. Next I want to accelerate his reading progress. He is working in a small group with me of 2 students. I also want to further extend his writing and Maths skills. His behaviour has modified a bit and he is taking more of an interest in learning. Lots of praise and positive reinforcement and motivating work will help him continue to accelerate his progress. (Mrs B)
April
We have started studying Matariki this term and our focus is on Connections. We are going to have lots of fun making connections everywhere. Next week we are going to a farm where Mr Twinn, the student teacher in R1 used to work. We will make connections with the Farmer Mr McFarlane and the animals. We have made connections already with the Riverslea Preschool and with Toni Ben and Graham who come to help us do PMP activities for fitness and coordination. We also made connections with Wendy and Bridget from the Hastings council. We picked up Litter around our school. It was cool meeting Jocelyn Cowan who gave our school a certificate for being Sunsmart. We also had Whaea Korina our Health Nurse talking about Healthy Foods at Assembly. We will make lots of other connections this term. We know what reading levels we are at and have been doing Geometry and Time in Maths. We know o’clock and half past. We are all improving in our reading. We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now. We are still learning to write FABULOUS stories. We liked Easter as we made Easter eggs and had lots of chocolate. We also made a Comic Life about our Geometry shapes that we found outside around the school and learnt how to make a Puppet Pal presentation on the ipads. Matua Torp is now working in our class too helping all the tamariki. (Mrs B)
I likedmaking Easter eggs. I painted mine. I am getting better at reading. I am going to be on Level 4 soon. I want to write longer stories in writing and spell some of my own words by myself. Matua Torp and Mrs Bennett help me spell them at the moment. My goal is to be the fastest runner in the class. I liked balancing on everything in PMP I liked finding different shapes in the playground. I found diamond shapes in the fence. (Hohepa)
I want to further extend Hohepa in reading and especially help him learn and apply basic vocabulary when reading stories. I also want to help Hohepa attempt to spell his own words when writing stories. He needs to develop the self confidence to "give this a go." Next we will extend his counting and counting on skills in Mathematics. I also want to help him with modifying his behaviour towards others. (We are making small steps in this process towards that goal) (Mrs B)
Maths, PMP,Connections.
Making Easter eggs. Hohepa and Boyden's Comic Life on shapes outside the classroom.
Hohepa balancing on the stilts in PMP. Hohepa helping lead Tutira Mai with others for the Preschool.
March
We have had another busy but fun month in March , with lots of different things happening. We went to the Hakinakina swimming sports at the Aquatic centre on a bus. We swam with Whare Tapere, Bridge Pa and Mangateretere. We had fun and loved all the games and free swim. In the Seniors Exzodia and Mohi-Tarau got lots of certificates. We got some new lego in the class and had lots of fun building all sorts of things. We also went on a class trip as we are studying Turangawaewae. We went to the Transfer Station at Flaxmere. We looked at all the Recycling and the rubbish. We helped Mrs Versey sort out some recycling and put them in the right bins. We saw all the rubbish and know what happens to it now. Afterwards we went to the Hastings skatepark and playground. We enjoyed it there going up and down all the ramps. We brought our scooters and had lunch there too. Mrs Versey also came to school and showed us how to make recycled paper. It came out grey. We also had Mr Mac and Doug the Digger come to Riverslea again for another Role Model Assembly for Duffy.We got our Duffy books and saw Mr Macs big truck. We had the Police, Firemen and Ambulance people come and visit us too. That was really cool. (Mrs B & R1)
I liked helping with the recycling. It smelt at the Transfer Station. We saw all the rubbish going to the dump in the big truck. I liked Mr Mac's big truck. It was really big. The skate park was cool. I liked the big bowl best. I also liked the swimming I'm fast at swimming. (Hohepa)
Recycling, swimming and learning.
I made a cool lego truck. I am fast at swimming
These tiles are from recycled milk cartons. The big truck was cool.
I could go in the big bowl at the skatepark. The fire engine was cool.
February
What a busy but fun start to the school year Room 1 has had. We have had fun improving our skills on the bike track. That is a goal of many in the class. We have had lots of testing to see what progress we have made and where to next. We have set our 3 goals and are trying to achieve them. We are studying Turangawaewae and focussing on our environment. Room 1, Miharo, are looking at Recycling. We know what reading levels we are at and can now do graphs in Maths. We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now. We are also learning to write FABULOUS stories. Below are pictures of the bike track and / or us on ipads learning Literacy and Numeracy on our new app SkoolBo. Also a picture of the graphs that we can do and a story that we each wrote. Miharo is cool. Miharo is awesome. (Mrs B) I can ride on the Pump Track now. I like SkoolBo on the ipad. I can tell people about graphs I like the cool stories that I can write.(Hohepa)
Next goal for Hohepa is to write his own words in story writing. He can copy words from the board but is reluctant to give it a go. I also want to help him extend his counting skills so that he can reach his goal in Maths. Again he is reluctant to try. With lots of positive reinforcement and praise and modelling I hope to get Hohepa to increase his confidence in these areas. ( Mrs B)
Hohepa on a big bike on the bike track. Hohepa with his ipad buddy Boyden building a recycled environment in Inquiry
Hohepa Maths bar graph on animals. Hohepa's story on Sticky hands
2014
My name is Hohepa. I am 5 years old. I am in Room 2 now. I like Riverslea School. I used to be at the Preschool with Shaolyn and others. I want to learn a lot at school.
My Goals 2014
1. Learn read lots of books. 2.Learn to write all my names. 3. Learn to write stories and count up to 50 in Maths.
November/December
We have been very busy with the 4th term activities. -We had a Survivor day, related to our term Inquiry “Survival.” We did relays like Crossing the Road, In the City, Water Safety , Mountain safety etc. The tamariki loved them. Thanks to Sally from Sports HB for lending us all the equipment for 2 afternoons. -We have still been learning with Maths and Writing and Reading. Some children have made amazing progress. A writing focus is on my teacher registration wiki, as it was one of my classroom goals for the year. -We started swimming again in the school pool. All the children are water confident except for one. -We attended the Hakinakina Athletics day at the HB Sports Park against 7 other schools. Some children got placed in their age group. -We all rode in a Double Decker bus to Cornwall park, where we fed the ducks , looked at the birds, played in the playground and had a swim on the Splash pad. -Miharo joined the Preschool for their Xmas party at Inflatable World which they really enjoyed. - Lots of tamariki got trophies at Prizegiving. -The most amazing event though was our trip to Haumoana Zoo. This was again related to our Inquiry, the focus being on Survival and animals. The children fed the lambs, brushed the donkey, said Hello to the talking Cockatiel, led a Llama around the zoo , held rats and guinea pigs and saw 35 different animals and birds. To top it all off they had a fun playground too. -The tamariki have been involved in lots of educational activities and learning as well as outdoor education experiences too. What a busy and fun term it has been. Only the school Disco to go. ( Mrs Bennett)
I liked Inflatable world and I liked Cornwall Park. We went in a Double Decker bus. We were up high and could see everything, even the tops of all the houses. It was cool feeding the lambs and looking at all the animals at the Haumoana Zoo. I can read up to Level 2 now and copy the words for my story. I am getting really good at Maths in class too. I am still learning to do all my goals. ( Hohepa)
October
We can have fun while learning
I went to the A and P show with my Mum.I had lots of fun there and learnt lots of things. I went to the Farmyard zoo and got to hold and pat lots of baby animals. I went on the rides and found them cool. It was hard to eat up all my hotdog and drink our drink as they were big. I watched the Ronald MacDonald show. He was funny.I loved Mr Mac and Doug the Digger. I climbed in his big truck. (Hohepa).
ipads
I am learning to use the apps on the ipad. I can code on the ipad too Mrs Bennett and Whiore helped me. I can make animals and people and things I can change them and make them bigger and smaller and move. I like using Reading and Maths apps too. (Hohepa) I showed the children how to use Scratch Jnr app on the ipad. The children can make a variety of characters and change them accordingly. I circulate and assist if needed to support or help. They are coding because they are giving the ipad directions and changing things around. Hohepa loves this learning app and is enjoying using Reading, Writing and Maths apps too. (Mrs Bennett)
The Bike Track
I can now ride a bike around the bike track. I have just started school. I am learning to go fast. i can go on the PUMP track slowly. (Hohepa) I am encouraging and supporting Hohepa to develop his riding skills especially on the PUMP track. I give him lots of opportunities to practise his skills. He enjoys riding around the track. ( Mrs Bennett)
Table of Contents
2016
Pepeha
Ko Ngati Tuwharetoa te iwiKo Joseph toku papa
Ko Monique toku mama
Ko Oriwia taku tuahine
Ko Heretaunga toku kainga
Ko Riverslea toku kura
Ko Hohepa taku ingoa
No reira
tena koutou
tena koutou
tena koutou
katoa.
My Goals 2016
Feb
Mar/Updated in May
Term 3 -25 July
June/July
June and July were also busy months with 2 weeks holiday in July for the end of Term 2.We are all still making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry.
Some students have gone up several levels in Reading
and they, and others, moved up stages in Maths and Writing as well.
In Inquiry we are learning about the Olympic Games in Rio in Term 3.
We loved our Inquiry about Flight and learnt a lot.
We always have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings.
We have fun finding out the information.
As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky.
We also have Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings.
We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday.
We just had a Duffy Theatre performance about Time Travel and got our Duffy books for the Term. It was great fun.
We also had lots of learning with our class buddies and our school buddies too.
We had Irene Van Dyke a famous NZ Netballer come to speak to us. She was very tall (6ft 3 inches).
She gave us all a bag from Netball Hawkes Bay and some balls for our PE gear.
Paora came from the Council to help us set up a new worm garden. We got to hold the worms. They were slimy.
We also had Todd and Nathan from the Army come and teach us how to march and do push ups.
We are Miharo too.We are awesome
Working with my school buddy JR. Working in class.
Worm Garden.Duffy Theatre actors
Marching with Nathan from the Army.
We have been doing lots of things at school.
I have gone up another level in Reading (Level 15) and I am going on Level 16 next week.
I still love Reading and Spelling and I still always get my words right every week.
I am really good at Maths now too.I am on Stage 5.
I didn't like the worms much.We got to hold them.
The Duffy Theatre was really cool. I liked marching with Nathan from the Army
and doing the press ups too.
(Hohepa)
Hohepa has been making very good progress in Reading, Writing and Maths.
He is trying harder with his behaviour in class and is settled a lot of the time..
He enjoys mixing with the other students in the class.
He also joins in all activities inside and outside the classroom.
Hohepa is a fast runner and good at sports.
Next we want to further extend his Reading progress(Expected Level 15.)
Our goal is to get to National Standard level (Level 17) by the end of T3.
Also to consolidate and extend his written language including
language features.He is working at National Standard and is beginning to use expression, feelings
and language features.
In Maths to reach Stage 5 by the end of the year.
He has completed Stage 4 and is at some aspects of Stage 5 now.
(Mrs B)
April/May
We are all making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry too.In Inquiry we are learning about Flight and how it effects people, animals and insects.
We have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings.
They are up on our Inquiry wall for everyone to keep looking at and thinking about.
As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games.
This Term we are learning about Resilience (Taikaha) with Matua Rocky and Whaea Cass.
We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins.
We are learning lots of waiata.
We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday.
Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each still.
They help sponser our Duffy books.
We had a Role Model Assembly and got our Duffy books for the Term.
We also had a visit from Harold and the Life Education Truck with Whaea Anne.
We all like Harold.
We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Kick boxing with Matua Torp. Learning to write words on the mat.
Reading my story out to the School Assembly. Learning Time on the ipads.
Life Education truck. Kapa Haka.
We do lots of learning at school.
I have gone up another level in Reading and I am going on Level 14 on Monday.
I like Reading and Spelling. I always get my words right every week.
I getting really good at Reading now too.
I am one of the best in the class at Maths.We have been learning about Time.
My buddy in class is Rongo. He is my friend.
My school buddy is JR.
I liked it when Harold came in the big truck
and when I did kick boxing with Matua Torp.( Hohepa)
I have still been really encouraging Hohepa in Reading and he is making very good progress.
He is at the reading level he needs to be at for his age.
He is also making very good progress in Writing and Maths.
He is imaging in Maths and trying most his own spelling independently in writing
We will continue to extend this progress in all areas.
His Mum gives him lots of support with his learning.
(Mrs B)
March
We had an amazing March. Lots of learning and exciting activities.We even re-wrote our Goals as many students had already achieved
them in one month.
We continued with Getting Started ( Fitness /coordination programme),
Kiwi Can (social skills & games), Patu(Maori fitness & sports programme)
Grandparent’s reading(Rotary),Kapa Haka(Junior & Senior)
and even found time to have a Dress up day as Heroes or Heroines.
The students in Room 1 are loving learning and making great progress.
We are Miharo.We rock. We show Aroha, Kaha and Mana.
Jump Jam for Fitness. Dress Up Day
Looking at our Buddy when we talk. Kapa Haka
.Getting a Free Pita Pat for lunch.Getting Started.
We do lots of things in Room 1. I have gone up 2 levels in Reading and I am on Level 12 now.
I liked getting a free Pita pat for showing Aroha Kaha and Mana in Room 1.
I am really good at Maths too. Me and Te Orihana are the best in the class.
Sometimes we buddy with other kids and help them if they want us to.
I like writing stories now. I can write 3 sentences now.
Its fun at Getting Started too. (Hohepa)
I have been really encouraging Hohepa in Reading and he has made some very good progress
since the beginning of the year in fluency, word solving and some other reading skills.
He is also making very good progress in Writing and Maths.
He is very quick to pick up new concepts in Maths.
We will continue to work on extending his Maths
and progressing his Writing and Reading too at a faster level.
(Mrs B)
February
February 2016.What a fabulous start to 2016. Room 1, (Miharo-because we are awesome),
started learning straight away.
No-one had forgotten their Reading and all came back to school at the same level.
Two groups have moved up to the next level in just 3 weeks.
We are all awesome at Maths and Story-writing and Inquiry too.
In Inquiry we are learning about, “What Fairy Tales can teach us.
"We love learning about all the stories and doing some of them with finger puppets.
We are retelling them to our buddies or the class.
We even did a play to the rest of the school with the finger puppets on
Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, as well as a wall story.
On Tuesdays we have Matua Jackson from Patu come and visit us.
He takes us for Fitness and games for 40 minutes.
We also have Getting Started again with Whaea Toni for ½ hour
every Wed afternoon and Fri morning for ½ hour.
We learn co-ordination and fitness.
We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins.
On Wednesday morning we have Kiwi Can with Whaea Adele and Matua Rocky for ½ hour.
We learn about Respect for ourselves, others and property.
We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday.
Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each. They help sponser our Duffy books.
We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Patu (Fitness) with Matua Jackson. Kiwi Can with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky(Hungry Hippo)
Getting Started with Whaea Toni. Hohepa as a monster (with 3 eyes).
Our Inquiry on Fairy Tales.
We are doing lots of activities this year.
I like playing soccer with Matua Jackson. I got a goal last time.
It was really hot outside.
I think my mask is scary. I am a monster with 3 eyes.
We wrote stories about them. I can write 3 sentences now.
I am Reading at Level 11 now.
I did the Father Bear picture on our wall story
about Goldilocks and the 3 Bears.(Hohepa)
A small class is helping the learning in Reading Maths and Writing
as the students are making excellent progress.
We started Reading on the 2nd day of Term 1
and already Hohepa has gone up to a new level.
He is reading at his age level in Spelling and is above in Maths. (Mrs B)
2015
My Goals 2015
1.Learn to read books up to Level 12.2. Learn to write my own words in stories.
3. Learn to count up to 100 in Maths.
Nov/Dec
Inquiry, ICT Visitors and Visiting.
A busy couple of months with lots of action and learning in Room 1.
The Firemen visited us to teach us about fire safety.
We know to get down, get low, get out fast.
We also learnt lots when the Mobile Learning Centre came to Riverslea School.
We used Robots,3D google cardboard,3D printers and ipads
and apple computers.It was fun, we learnt lots and all had turns at using everything.
We have been finding out all sorts of interesting things about space
and the Solar system and planets in our Inquiry T4.We visited the Planetarium as well.
The Hakinakina Athletics and Tabloids were fun. We also had a swim there.
We had some fun end of year activities too like visiting
and playing at the new playground at Windsor park.
We also had a Wet and Wild fun day.
We loved our Xmas glasses, our Secret Santas
and all the candy canes and chocolate Santas we kept getting.
Lots of us achieved our goals in learning.
2015 was a great year.
Miharo is awesome.
Merry Xmas everyone.
Swimming at Hakinakina Sports. Mobile learning with robots and coding.
Wet and Wild fun at school. Playing on the new playground at Windsor Park.
I liked making the robot move on the ipad.
We had fun at the playground and the Hakinakina sports too.
I am really good at Maths I am at Stage 4 and can do addition and subtraction.
I have gone up from Level 3 to Level 10. I am getting good at Reading too now.
I can write 2 sentences but need to learn to write more words and get good at stories too.
(Hohepa)
October
Trips learning and fun.
We have had lots of learning and fun in Room 1 again this month.
We have still been learning lots with our buddies
and enjoying using the ipads for learning new things.
We have learnt about Augumented Reality .
That is when the pictures we look at with the ipad stand out and move.
I like the alphabet animals and the dinosaurs They are cool.
We have been involved in Nga Toi. We are making panels to put on the bike container.
We showed our wheku masks at Assembly. Everyone liked them.
We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ‘The Solar System’.
We are learning lots of things about space and planets. It is really interesting.
We are still making great progress in Reading, Writing and Maths.
Some of us have gone up 12 levels in Reading this year already.
Mr Twinn came to visit us again the other day.
He showed us lots of photos of his trip to Scotland and England.
We liked the castles and big mountain that he climbed (Ben Nevis) best of all.
Our two trips were awesome. Look at the photos on our wikis and the school Facebook.
The Omnigym was great .We learnt how to do lots of activities
and use lots of equipment like bars, mats, benches, tramps, ropes and beams.
We all loved the Fun trip to the Skatepark.
We had fun on scooters and skateboards and on the playground.
Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
Mr Twinn visited us. I got a certificate for 3rd in the Hakinakina Cross Country
Nga Toi for the Bike panel. Augumented Reality on the ipads
Skatepark
I loved the skatepark and making the dinosaurs on the ipad best.(Hohepa)
The children continued to learn both in books and on the ipads.
They were involved in making art panels for the Bike shed in Nga Toi.
They also started Jump Jam for Fitness every morning as a whole school.
The trip to the Omnigym and Skatepark helped reinforce physical activity skills and fun
(Mrs B)
September
Lots to learn and do.
In September we have still been learning and having fun in Room 1.We enjoy using the ipads for learning new things especially on SkoolBo.
Hemara got a trophy, for the school, from them for getting 10,000 points.
PMP is nearly finished. We have learnt lots of new activities and skills.
We have finished our Inquiry “All About Me,” on ourselves and our whanau
and friends and our healthy bodies. We know lots of things about our Inquiry now.
We got some great results for reading and writing and Maths this term
and have made some excellent progress in those areas.
The best fun was the Hakinakina Cross country. We got 1st (Van) 2nd (Boyden) and 3rd (Hemara)
in the Year 2 boys and 2nd (Hohepa) in the Year 1 Boys. The girls ran well too.
The Duffy Role Model Assembly was great with Rob Mokoraka.
We also got our Duffy books which were fabulous.
Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
The Hakinakina Cross Country and PMP playing Dodge ball.
Learning 'All About Me', in our Inquiry. Learning Literacy and Numeracy on Skoolbo on the ipad.
I am learning lots on the ipads.I loved PMP and running.
I liked getting my Duffy books too.
I am reading harder books now at Level 7.
I liked the Cross Country best.
I got 2nd in the Year 1 boys at Hakinakina Sports.
(Hohepa)
I like all the things that the students get involved in.
Was very proud of the tamariki at the Hakinakina sports.
PMP has stopped because of the price.
I am going to hook into some training so that next year I can present
the programme independently.
ipad app learning is going well.
I introduce an app and then let the students try it out themselves.
Often they can come back 15 minutes later and show me something that I did not know.
Hohepa is at Level 7 in Reading now. He is making steady progress
now that his behaviour is more settled most of the time.
Mum is listening to him read at home too and comments on his reading sometimes in his notebook.
Hohepa can write 2 sentences independently but needs to be kept on task.
He is at Stage 3 in Maths.(Mrs B)
July/August
Visitors and learning
July and August have been great months for learning and fun in Room 1.
We have been learning lots with our buddies and enjoying using the ipads
for learning new things as well as fun activities like PMP.
We had a Sports day with the Hastings City Council and leaders came such as
Henare OKeefe (Duffy Books)and Paddy Stafford (Tamatea Rugby Club) as well as
a policewoman and other helpers. They cooked us a sausage sizzle for lunch
and we played lots of great games too. Paddy also donated some Rugby balls for us to use.
We have been involved in Nga Toi. We loved making our wheku masks. They look cool and scary.
We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ourselves and
our whanau and friends and our healthy bodies this term.
Hearty from the Heart foundation came to visit our school and ran around the track with the children.
We were lucky as Mrs Donaldson and her daughter Michelle
raised money for new sports equipment for the Junior school. We love all the new gear.
We are becoming amazing at reading and writing and Maths this term
and have made some great progress in that area.
Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
Learning on the ipads. Sports day with Henare OKeefe
Hearty running with us. My scary wheku mask.
I like playing with the new sports gear.
I liked the Sports day. We had lots of fun and played lots of games.
Hearty was cool too. My mask is scary. I put lots of colours on it.
I like is learning reading, writing and Maths on the ipads.
I am good on Skoolbo.
I like playing cricket with the new sports gear.
(Hohepa)
We had lots of fun activities again in July and August.
I spent these months supporting the children in all the activities
such as sports days and Hearty's visit.
We had lots of fun making wheku masks. They looked amazing.
The children wrote stories about them and put them up on the wall.
The tamariki are learning a lot on the ipads to help their progress in reading, writing and Maths.
(Mrs Bennett)
June
Lots of fun connections and activities.
June was another amazing month in Room 1 (Miharo)
We watched the Bike container being shifted by a huge crane.
We are going to put Art (Nga Toi) all over it and make it a feature of our school.
We were involved in the Preschool opening.
Room 1 helped make pizzas for the kai and sung waiata after the speeches.
We had the Duffy Theatre visit and got our Duffy books.
We learnt Te Reo Kori with Sport HB and went in a school Te Reo Kori tournament.
We went in a Hakinakina Rippa Rugby tournament with other schools. We won lots of games.
We Skyped Mr Twinn at his Dad’s place in Scotland.
We all asked him questions and showed him pictures. He sent us photos too.
It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ.
June was another awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
At the Preschool Opening.We sang Tutira Mai. The Duffy Theatre was cool.
I liked making 'Not Perfect' Hats.
We skyped Mr Twinn in Scotland. I showed him the picture I drew of him.
I liked the Duffy Theatre. They made us laugh.I got to help the actors.
I put a magic spell on everyone.
I liked Skyping Mr Twinn.He showed us outside his house in Scotland.
I showed him the picture I drew of him.
(Hohepa)
We had lots of fun activities this month.I spent the month supporting the children in all the activities
and helping organise many of them such as kai for the preschool opening(Our class made pizzas),
The Duffy Theatre,The Hakinakina Rippa Rugby between 4 other schools and Skyping Mr Twinn
(our ex Student Teacher) in Scotland
(Mrs Bennett)
May
May saw Mr Twinn, Student Teacher and Matua Torp as part of Room 1.We had lots of adventures and learning. We were involved in lots of fun things.
We shared some of our experiences through ,Write about it and Book Creator ipad apps.
Some of those connections, which is what our Inquiry is about this term,
were our trip to Mr McFarlane’s farm where we saw sheep, cows ,bulls and a helicopter.
Seeing Whaea Anne and Harold the giraffe in the Life Education truck taught us
about not bullying and being nice to others.
We had an artist Matua Brandon Blair who came to school to talk about that and get us to draw posters too.
We learnt about and practised using our WITS (Walk away, Ignore, Tell someone eg a teacher
and make a Statement eg ‘Stop it ,I don’t like it.”) from Mrs Bennett.
Some students made connections with Matua Manu and did Nga Toi, making kowhaiwhai patterns on rocks.
We made other connections with the Preschool, Mrs Donaldson, the librarian, our whanau,
Mr Twinn, Matua Torp, our buddies from other classes eg Buddy reading and sharing in oral language in R1,
and Greg Murphy a formula 1 racing car driver (Whaea Monique-student teacher in R2s husband),
who came to school to speak to us and show us all his racing gear. Hohepa tried on his $5,000 helmet.
We also had a school party to say goodbye to Mr Twinn
and Whaea Monique who had been student teachers at our school for 7 weeks.
It was sad to see them go.We hope they come back and visit us.
One of our biggest connections was using Skype. We connected to Mr Twinn’s Dad in Scotland.
It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ.
He showed us the model planes that he flies and that we had seen on videos on youtube.
He also showed us a picture of Mr Twinn as a little boy.
We showed him the planes that we had made and sung him our new Riverslea song and Tutira Mai Nga Iwi.
We liked it when the circus came to visit us too. The performers could do all sorts of tricks.
May was an awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
Farm visit, ipads and connections
Making connections with Mr MacFarlane at the farm. Watching the circus at our school.
In the Life Education truck with Whaea Anne learning about being nice to others and not bullying.
Also making connections with Mr Twinn's Dad on Skype and showing him our planes.
Making Book marks for Mother's Day. Getting to try Greg Murphy, the Racing car driver's $5,000 helmet on
Writing about the Skatepark and the Farm on Book Creator. Using Write about it app on the ipad
We had fun doing lots of things.
I liked the trip to the Farm. I liked all the animals that we saw there..
Matua Torp let me go in his flash red car.
I am getting good on the ipads now.
I am also getting good at reading.
I am at Level 4 now.
I have gone up in Maths and can write 3 sentences
and try and spell words by myself.
I'm getting good at adding in Maths.
I liked the circus and I liked trying on Greg Murphy's racing car helmet.
(Hohepa)
Hohepa is starting to progress steadily in reading now.
He is learning new words and skills and is showing an interest in his reading.
He has started an Early words programme with Jan ( Teacher aide) to help build up his
word knowledge for reading and writing.
He has gone up to stage 2 in Maths and is developing independence in storywriting.
Next I want to accelerate his reading progress. He is working in a small group with me of 2 students.
I also want to further extend his writing and Maths skills.
His behaviour has modified a bit and he is taking more of an interest in learning.
Lots of praise and positive reinforcement and motivating work
will help him continue to accelerate his progress.
(Mrs B)
April
We have started studying Matariki this term and our focus is on Connections.We are going to have lots of fun making connections everywhere.
Next week we are going to a farm where Mr Twinn, the student teacher in R1 used to work.
We will make connections with the Farmer Mr McFarlane and the animals.
We have made connections already with the Riverslea Preschool
and with Toni Ben and Graham who come to help us do PMP activities for fitness and coordination.
We also made connections with Wendy and Bridget from the Hastings council.
We picked up Litter around our school.
It was cool meeting Jocelyn Cowan who gave our school a certificate for being Sunsmart.
We also had Whaea Korina our Health Nurse talking about Healthy Foods at Assembly.
We will make lots of other connections this term.
We know what reading levels we are at and have been doing Geometry and Time in Maths.
We know o’clock and half past.
We are all improving in our reading.
We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now.
We are still learning to write FABULOUS stories.
We liked Easter as we made Easter eggs and had lots of chocolate.
We also made a Comic Life about our Geometry shapes that we found outside around the school
and learnt how to make a Puppet Pal presentation on the ipads.
Matua Torp is now working in our class too helping all the tamariki.
(Mrs B)
I liked making Easter eggs.
I painted mine.
I am getting better at reading.
I am going to be on Level 4 soon.
I want to write longer stories in writing
and spell some of my own words by myself.
Matua Torp and Mrs Bennett help me spell them at the moment.
My goal is to be the fastest runner in the class.
I liked balancing on everything in PMP
I liked finding different shapes in the playground.
I found diamond shapes in the fence.
(Hohepa)
I want to further extend Hohepa in reading and especially help him learn
and apply basic vocabulary when reading stories.
I also want to help Hohepa attempt to spell his own words when writing stories.
He needs to develop the self confidence to "give this a go."
Next we will extend his counting and counting on skills in Mathematics.
I also want to help him with modifying his behaviour towards others.
(We are making small steps in this process towards that goal)
(Mrs B)
Maths, PMP,Connections.
Making Easter eggs. Hohepa and Boyden's Comic Life on shapes outside the classroom.
Hohepa balancing on the stilts in PMP. Hohepa helping lead Tutira Mai with others for the Preschool.
March
We have had another busy but fun month in March , with lots of different things happening.We went to the Hakinakina swimming sports at the Aquatic centre on a bus.
We swam with Whare Tapere, Bridge Pa and Mangateretere.
We had fun and loved all the games and free swim.
In the Seniors Exzodia and Mohi-Tarau got lots of certificates.
We got some new lego in the class and had lots of fun building all sorts of things.
We also went on a class trip as we are studying Turangawaewae.
We went to the Transfer Station at Flaxmere. We looked at all the Recycling and the rubbish.
We helped Mrs Versey sort out some recycling and put them in the right bins.
We saw all the rubbish and know what happens to it now.
Afterwards we went to the Hastings skatepark and playground.
We enjoyed it there going up and down all the ramps. We brought our scooters and had lunch there too.
Mrs Versey also came to school and showed us how to make recycled paper. It came out grey.
We also had Mr Mac and Doug the Digger come to Riverslea again
for another Role Model Assembly for Duffy.We got our Duffy books and saw Mr Macs big truck.
We had the Police, Firemen and Ambulance people come and visit us too. That was really cool.
(Mrs B & R1)
I liked helping with the recycling. It smelt at the Transfer Station.
We saw all the rubbish going to the dump in the big truck.
I liked Mr Mac's big truck. It was really big.
The skate park was cool. I liked the big bowl best.
I also liked the swimming
I'm fast at swimming.
(Hohepa)
Recycling, swimming and learning.
I made a cool lego truck. I am fast at swimming
These tiles are from recycled milk cartons. The big truck was cool.
I could go in the big bowl at the skatepark. The fire engine was cool.
February
What a busy but fun start to the school year Room 1 has had.We have had fun improving our skills on the bike track.
That is a goal of many in the class.
We have had lots of testing to see what progress we have made and where to next.
We have set our 3 goals and are trying to achieve them.
We are studying Turangawaewae and focussing on our environment.
Room 1, Miharo, are looking at Recycling.
We know what reading levels we are at and can now do graphs in Maths.
We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now.
We are also learning to write FABULOUS stories.
Below are pictures of the bike track and / or us on ipads learning Literacy and Numeracy on our new app SkoolBo.
Also a picture of the graphs that we can do and a story that we each wrote.
Miharo is cool.
Miharo is awesome. (Mrs B)
I can ride on the Pump Track now.
I like SkoolBo on the ipad.
I can tell people about graphs I like the cool stories that I can write.(Hohepa)
Next goal for Hohepa is to write his own words in story writing.
He can copy words from the board but is reluctant to give it a go.
I also want to help him extend his counting skills so that he can reach his goal in Maths.
Again he is reluctant to try.
With lots of positive reinforcement and praise and modelling
I hope to get Hohepa to increase his confidence in these areas.
( Mrs B)
Hohepa on a big bike on the bike track. Hohepa with his ipad buddy Boyden building a recycled environment in Inquiry
Hohepa Maths bar graph on animals. Hohepa's story on Sticky hands
2014
My name is Hohepa.I am 5 years old.
I am in Room 2 now.
I like Riverslea School.
I used to be at the Preschool
with Shaolyn and others.
I want to learn a lot at school.
My Goals 2014
1. Learn read lots of books.2. Learn to write all my names.
3. Learn to write stories and count up to 50 in Maths.
November/December
We have been very busy with the 4th term activities.-We had a Survivor day, related to our term Inquiry “Survival.”
We did relays like Crossing the Road, In the City, Water Safety ,
Mountain safety etc. The tamariki loved them.
Thanks to Sally from Sports HB for lending us all the equipment for 2 afternoons.
-We have still been learning with Maths and Writing and Reading.
Some children have made amazing progress. A writing focus is on my teacher registration wiki,
as it was one of my classroom goals for the year.
-We started swimming again in the school pool. All the children are water confident except for one.
-We attended the Hakinakina Athletics day at the HB Sports Park against 7 other schools.
Some children got placed in their age group.
-We all rode in a Double Decker bus to Cornwall park, where we fed the ducks , looked at the birds,
played in the playground and had a swim on the Splash pad.
-Miharo joined the Preschool for their Xmas party at Inflatable World which they really enjoyed.
- Lots of tamariki got trophies at Prizegiving.
-The most amazing event though was our trip to Haumoana Zoo.
This was again related to our Inquiry, the focus being on Survival and animals.
The children fed the lambs, brushed the donkey, said Hello to the talking Cockatiel,
led a Llama around the zoo , held rats and guinea pigs and saw 35 different animals and birds.
To top it all off they had a fun playground too.
-The tamariki have been involved in lots of educational activities and learning
as well as outdoor education experiences too. What a busy and fun term it has been.
Only the school Disco to go. ( Mrs Bennett)
I liked Inflatable world and I liked Cornwall Park.
We went in a Double Decker bus.
We were up high and could see everything, even the
tops of all the houses.
It was cool feeding the lambs and looking at all the animals at the Haumoana Zoo.
I can read up to Level 2 now and copy the words for my story.
I am getting really good at Maths in class too.
I am still learning to do all my goals. ( Hohepa)
October
We can have fun while learning
I went to the A and P show with my Mum.I had lots of fun there and learnt lots of things.
I went to the Farmyard zoo and got to hold and pat lots of baby animals.
I went on the rides and found them cool.
It was hard to eat up all my hotdog and drink our drink as they were big.
I watched the Ronald MacDonald show.
He was funny.I loved Mr Mac and Doug the Digger.
I climbed in his big truck. (Hohepa).
ipads
I am learning to use the apps on the ipad.
I can code on the ipad too Mrs Bennett and Whiore helped me.
I can make animals and people and things
I can change them and make them bigger and smaller and move.
I like using Reading and Maths apps too.
(Hohepa)
I showed the children how to use Scratch Jnr app on the ipad.
The children can make a variety of characters and change them accordingly.
I circulate and assist if needed to support or help.
They are coding because they are giving the ipad directions and changing things around.
Hohepa loves this learning app and is enjoying using Reading, Writing and Maths apps too.
(Mrs Bennett)
The Bike Track
I can now ride a bike around the bike track.
I have just started school.
I am learning to go fast.
i can go on the PUMP track slowly. (Hohepa)
I am encouraging and supporting Hohepa to develop
his riding skills especially on the PUMP track.
I give him lots of opportunities to practise his skills.
He enjoys riding around the track.
( Mrs Bennett)